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He was born in Calcutta, Bombay Presidency and educated at Oundle School in England.
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Graham Skinner
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Skinner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. Skinner made his debut for Buckinghamshire against the Kent Second XI in 1927. He played Minor counties cricket on a regular basis up to 1933, even making two first-class appearances for the Minor Counties in 1933, against Oxford University and the touring West Indians.
Early the following year he made his debut for Bengal against Central Provinces and Berar in the Ranji Trophy.
He would make 6 further first-class appearances for Bengal, the last of which came against Southern Punjab in 1938/39 Ranji Trophy. In his 7 first-class appearances for the team, he scored 365 runs at an average of 33.18, with high score of 125.
This score, which was his only first-class century, came against Nawanagar in the final of the 1936/37 Ranji Trophy. He also took 7 wickets for Bengal, which came at a bowling average of 36.85, with best figures of 3/44.
Late 1936 saw him make a further first-class appearance for the Europeans against the Parsees.
Skinner next made appearances for Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship in 1938, making 9 appearances in that season. With the start of World World War II, he was mentioned in dispatches in the London Gazette in June 1940 as having passed out of the Officers" Training Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Following the war, he returned to play for Buckinghamshire in 1952, making an appearance each against Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Norfolk.
He later died in Kensington, London on 19 January 1997.
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United Kingdom